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Tom Edrington spent the first 10 years of his misguided youth as a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune. His career brought him face to face with many of sports greatest stars -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Don Shula, countless Hall of Fame NFL stars, more PGA Tour players than he can count. In 1980 he was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America for writing the best news story that year, his coverage of Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open victory at Baltusrol. Today, 36 years later, golf is still a great part of his life, thanks to competitive playing days and the wonderful people he has met on this fabulous journey.

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    baxter cepeda

    I’d still watch for Bernie at the top of the Champions tour standings.

    Waialae is one of the few examples on the pga tour of how great golf competitions at the highest level can be when it doesn’t come down to who hits it the furthest off the tee.

    The surprise wasn’t Jim’s 8 under Thursday but how flat he came out the next days. Jim can still win the Sony imo.

    As for the Am Ex, man that event gets sleepier and sleepier. They really gotta do something there.

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      Tom Edrington

      We’re writing about Bernie for Wednesday.

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        baxter cepeda

        Look forward to it.

        Hopefully our boy Ken Tanigawa can bring it at Hualalai. He deserves a little more job security. IMO Too many guys on the champions tour have too much job security thanks to their regular pga tour days. They can pack it in whenever they want with little consequence, and from what I hear some do quite a bit. That’s what makes that champions tour so relaxed for guys coming off long runs on the pga tour.

        Meanwhile recent major champions on the 5o and over tour can find themselves in trouble soon after their big wins. IMO these guys need to be rewarded with more job security and the guys cruising thanks to their regular tour success could have a tiny bit more pressure on them to perform more consistently on this tour, like Bernie of course.

        That being said even the guys finding success late in life on the champions tour can learn a ring or two from Bernies work ethic and commitment to fighting for every shot day in and day out.

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          Tom Edrington

          Truth be known, the Champions Tour is a very closed shop….I remember the early days, it drove the Tour nuts when guys like Walt Zembrisky were out there. This tour makes it difficult to 1. get there and 2. stay there if you weren’t a star on the regular tour.

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            baxter cepeda

            Yes and That leaves them with a few too many fat cats walking around.

            I get real superstars playing mediocre on the champions tour. But mediocre regular tour players should have a bit more pressure on them. Because There are a lot of really good and hungry 50 year olds out there which should have some of those fat cats spots instead.

          2. Tom Edrington

            Sadly, it doesn’t work that way, they want name guys playing.

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